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‘aqli  Term Image (‘aqlī) Script Image
(Language:  Arabic)
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Short Description: as an adjective, as in "the ‘aqlī sciences": The philosophical and intellectual sciences such as can be learned naturally through the use of innate reason and intelligence.
Long Description: as an adjective, as in "the ‘aqlī sciences": The philosophical and intellectual sciences such as can be learned naturally through the use of innate reason and intelligence. These include logic, natural science, metaphysics, and mathematics. One cannot learn any of these sciences solely on the basis of authority since they require understanding, unlike the transmitted (naqlī) sciences.
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Source(s): Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard
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Related Terms: naqli
Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms